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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Lost score is performed centuries after his death. The kid's got staying power...
Practicing wilderness first aid ensures that at least some of the benefits of treating within the golden hour are not lost. In urban first aid, for example, you're taught to splint a suspected sprain, strain or fracture as close as you can to the position you found it in. Under wilderness conditions, you need to be alert to the possibility that nerves or the blood supply in the affected limb may have been cut off, requiring you to pull gently and straighten it out before splinting to restore circulation and sensation. Otherwise, the accident victim could permanently lose...
...couple of weeks I pretty much lost interest in Perelman's midsection. Then the press began to dwell on his divorce case with Patricia Duff and his new romance with Ellen Barkin--both women who have been the object of fervent male desire. We've always assumed, it occurred to me, that the attraction Perelman held for such women was, not to put too fine a point on it, $4.2 billion. Was his Times quote meant to indicate otherwise? Was Ron Perelman positioning himself to be considered a hunk...
...This week Houston, which lost its National Football League team two years ago, was awarded a new NFL franchise for 2002. This year Cleveland, Ohio, which lost the Browns in 1996, fielded its new expansion team, called the Browns. And Los Angeles, which had a team until 1995, continues to angle for a new one. Why doesn't the NFL just keep teams where they are in the first place...
...Absolutely," he says. "To get organically grown cotton, I have to deal directly with the farmers. And there's only one cotton crop a year. In some cases, I've had to cosign loans to keep them in business. When we started doing this, we lost about 20% of our sales. Now the stuff sells better than before, and I'll tell you why. A designer who begins with a bale of cotton takes his task seriously. He makes something more worthwhile." As a private company, Patagonia doesn't report profits, but it has expanded nicely for more than...